Necktie



June 9, 1925.

I. D. WOLFSON NECK'I'IE Filed Oct. 30, 1924 WITNESSES lNl/E/VTOR [sndurellwoyaon A TTOR/VEYS Patented June 9, 1925. I

UNITED STA ES PATENT OFFICE,

ISADO'BE D. woLrsoN, or NEW YORK, N. Y.-

' nEoKrIE.

Application filed October so, 1924. Serial No. 746,889.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IsADoRE D. WoLF'soN,

a citizen of the'United-States, and a'resident of the city'o-f New York, borough ofManhattan, in the county and State of New -York, have-inventeda new and Improved Necktie, of which the following is .a full, clear, and exact description.

This inventionrelates to neckties, an object of the invention being to provide a necktie which, can be conveniently pressedf A further object .is to provide a necktie closed ends confines always a certain amount of air to prevent permanent wrinkling.

A' further object is .to provide a'necktie of this character which while having all the appearance ofthe ordinary'necktie permits the end portions of the tie to be readily opened and laid fiat so that they may be pressed in this position v With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of constructiona-nd combinations and ar- 1 rangements of parts which will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed outv in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings- Figure l is a plan View showingmy1mproved tie completely folded, ready for use; Figure 2 is a plan view showing the'tie as it is initially made and before it is reversed or'turned right side out;

Figure 3 is an exaggerated View in sec' I pressed. With my, improved tie -'I dispensealtogether with the use of padding and, furthermore, I permit the'tie to be .opened at its ends and laid flat tion on the line 3-3 of Figure 2';

Figure 4: is-a view similar to'F1gure- 3 showing the parts after the tie material 1s reversed Figure -5 1s a fragmentary view'showing one end of the tie open for pressing Figure 6 is a view showing the manner of reversing or-turning the' tie materials right side out. p In constructing my improved necktie I "conveniently pressed. v

While I have'illustrat'ed a particular-conprovide suitable ths of material; which for-convenience of description I shall-refer to as strips although, of course, the tiemay be made of any desiredwidth and of any desired'shape. a

The outer strip 1, which constitutest'hat portion of the tie which is exposed when worn, may, of course, be made of silk, satin,- or any other suitable material. The nner strip 2,. which is normally hid from view, may be made of silk, satin or any other-suitablematerial. These strips 1 and 2 are cut precisely alike in shape and laid one upon the other and are secured together by a line of stitching 3 which extends along both edges and' around one end.

The'tie thus formed is'then reversed, or,

in other words, turned right'side-out. By thus'reversing or turning right side out the seam formed by the lines of stitching is enclosed and the tie presents smooth edges 1 throughout. After the tie is turned right side out the end portions vof the tie may be turned over and stitched, as shown at. 4. The tie is then folded on longitudinal lines 5, 5 to give it 'the'desired width and shape, 5

I and the intermediate portion ofthe tie which constitutes the neckband is perma-Q nently secured together by a line of -stitching 6.

The end portions of. the tie where they overlap are fragilely secured 'so thatthey can be conveniently disconnected.' -I

preferably use as a fragile securing means what is known as hand-bar-tacking, indicated by reference numeral 7, and this tacking, which is of silk or other suitable thread,

*can be conveniently cut so that the -end portions of'the tie may be laid fiat, as indicated in Figure 5, to receive an iron for smoothly pressing the-tie ends.

Ordinary ties are providedwith' padding to give them the necessary rigidity, and to maintain their shape it is practicallyimpossible to press such tiesafter they are once rumpled' or. crinkled as the padding itself will give an uneven surface to=the.tie if so that it can be Various slight changes and alterations might be made in the general form of the parts described without departing from my invention, and hence I do not limit myself to the precise details set forth but consider myself at liberty to make such slight changes and alterations as fairly fall Within the spirit and scope of the appended claims. I claim:

l. A four-in-hand necktie composed of two thicknesses of material of substantially the'same size and shape secured together at both side edges and at both ends, said tie folded upon two longitudinal fold lines extending throughout the length of the tie and said folds permanently secured to the body of the tie in the neck band portion thereof, and fragile means connecting the folds in the tying ends of the tie, said folds being otherwise free in the tying ends to permit ironing of the tying ends out fiat when the fragile connecting means have been broken.

2. A four-in-hand necktie composed of two thicknesses of material of substantially the same size and shape secured together atboth side edges and at both ends, said tie folded upon two longitudinal fold lines extending throughout the length of the tie and said folds permanently secured to the body of the tie in the neck band portion thereof, and fragilemeans connecting the folds in the tying ends of the tie, said folds being otherwise free in the tying ends to permit ironing of the tying ends out fiat when the fragile connecting means have been broken, said folds normally overlapping throughout the entire length of the tie.

ISADORE "D. WULFSON. 

